I am in Hong Kong til tomorrow and these things are 1, available(!) here and 2. a little bit, (not as much as I thought) cheaper too.
BUT, they are all asia region, ie region 3.
I am told UK and US are region 1. japan region 2, and asia 3. Preumably the rest of the world, (Oz, SA, Wales) are not important enough to even have them, never mind a region!
Anyway, does anyone have a HK import one? Guy at the shop, Sony centre and Toys r us, says that despite what the games boxes say, ALL games will play on ALL machines, BUT the little movie dics you can get, will not. So only region 3 on HK spec machines, and region 1 on UK /US machines. BUT they said that you can download movies onto a memory stick and again they will play irrespective of region.
Firmware on board is 1.5,1. I have read somewhere that 1.50 is the "best" and you can get a downgrade from 2.0 for free online or a quid off ebay! But I dont knwo much about these things although I have a real hankering for one, as do 2 of my mates!
So for a value pack for HK$1700, (about ?130) is it worth a buy? if I can use UK games great, but even if not they are available in HK and on ebay for cheapish money.
Warranty will be return to HK, so pretyt much none then!!
But if the movie thing is an issue, or if I can only watch spiderman 2 in chinese, then I may not bother.
So, tell me what dya know, ref regions, downloads, firmware etc etc!! Quick responses especially helpful as I fly back v late tomorrow!
Cheers
BUT, they are all asia region, ie region 3.
I am told UK and US are region 1. japan region 2, and asia 3. Preumably the rest of the world, (Oz, SA, Wales) are not important enough to even have them, never mind a region!
Anyway, does anyone have a HK import one? Guy at the shop, Sony centre and Toys r us, says that despite what the games boxes say, ALL games will play on ALL machines, BUT the little movie dics you can get, will not. So only region 3 on HK spec machines, and region 1 on UK /US machines. BUT they said that you can download movies onto a memory stick and again they will play irrespective of region.
Firmware on board is 1.5,1. I have read somewhere that 1.50 is the "best" and you can get a downgrade from 2.0 for free online or a quid off ebay! But I dont knwo much about these things although I have a real hankering for one, as do 2 of my mates!
So for a value pack for HK$1700, (about ?130) is it worth a buy? if I can use UK games great, but even if not they are available in HK and on ebay for cheapish money.
Warranty will be return to HK, so pretyt much none then!!
But if the movie thing is an issue, or if I can only watch spiderman 2 in chinese, then I may not bother.
So, tell me what dya know, ref regions, downloads, firmware etc etc!! Quick responses especially helpful as I fly back v late tomorrow!
Cheers